I actually met the members of KISS on an airplane trip in 1974 in their infancy! They had no makeup on obviously and they were just down to earth dudes with no devil horns..lol. Gene remarked to me that all they wanted to do was make enough money to open up a pizza restaurant in Toronto...of all places? Little did they or I know how gigantic they would be. Saw them live in 1977 at home,Halifax Canada! An incredible show (Cheap Trick opened for them!!) Complete utter rubbish...as Crazy said the KISS Knights in Satan's Service is old hat ...reminds me of the Beatles song that had the words I Buried Paul as well as the foolish accusation that Black Sabbath were satanic,,,farthest from the truth as Tony Iommi wears a Christian cross at all of their concerts! The German press jumped all over Kiss's emblem saying that the SS stood for the Nazis,,,lol...GET A LIFE!!!!
http://www.feelnumb.com/2011/09/14/kiss-...an-market/
http://www.feelnumb.com/2011/09/14/kiss-...an-market/
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